The statement of Iraq's foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari - "Gone are those days when Iraq and other countries used to use the Palestinian issue for political bargaining and score settling" - in the aftermath of his meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, is welcome.
In addition, discussion between Abbas and Zebari of resettling 2300 Palestinians from two refugee camps between Iraq and Syria, is promising.
A third hopeful indicator is Abbas' statement that the 11,000 Palestinians living in Iraq are "part of the Iraqi people." Offering citizenship to Palestinians in Arab countries should be part of any solution to the Palestinian predicament.
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